Grafting of Crown Ether and Cryptand Macrocycles on Large Pore Stellate Mesoporous Silica for Sodium Cation Extraction

Autor: Paula Duenas-Ramirez, Caroline Bertagnolli, Robin Weiss, Joëlle Bizeau, Loïc Jierry, Philippe Choquet, Ariane Zaloszyc, Sylvie Bégin-Colin, Damien Mertz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 12, p 4622 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124622
Popis: Regulation of the sodium cations level in the case of renal failure diseases is a very challenging task for clinicians, and new pollutant extractors based on nanomaterials are emerging as potential treatments. In this work, we report different strategies for the chemical functionalization of biocompatible large pore mesoporous silica, denoted stellate mesoporous silica (STMS), with chelating ligands able to selectively capture sodium. We address efficient methods to covalently graft highly chelating macrocycles onto STMS NPs such as crown ethers (CE) and cryptands (C221) through complementary carbodiimidation reactions. Regarding sodium capture in water, C221 cryptand-grafted STMS showed better capture efficiency than CE-STMS due to higher sodium atom chelation in the cryptand cage (Na+ coverage of 15.5% vs. 3.7%). The sodium selectivity was hence tested with C221 cryptand-grafted STMS in a multi-element aqueous solution (metallic cations with the same concentration) and in a solution mimicking peritoneal dialysis solution. Results obtained indicate that C221 cryptand-grafted STMS are relevant nanomaterials to extract sodium cations in such media and allow us to regulate their levels.
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